Every now and then, something happens that re-awakens a question
that has been bugging me almost forever. This time, the question is
basic: Do people really understand what priesthood is? And, for
that matter, do some priests and priestesses have a problem
grasping the nature of priesthood?

Wiccans and Mormons have a bit of an advantage, because so few
of them get paid for anything having to do with being a priest or
priestess. But there was a statement by one of the Church of
England's first ordinands, and a question about whether saying Mass
during the government shutdown would result in priests in
handcuffs. Are these people thinking that being a priest or
priestess is not much different from being a plumber or a computer
programmer?